Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles Design Architect GREC Architects Executive Architect Killefer Flammang Architects Interior Designer Commune Client Ace Hotels Where Los Angeles What 146,000 total square feet on 13 floors Cost/sf Withheld at client's request For a full project source list, see page 100 or visit contractdesign.com. A screen-mounted collage of 1920s flappers and 1970s and 1980s punk artists frames one of two second-floor meeting rooms (above, right). The room beneath the spiky crown of the tower was stripped and turned into a bar (right) that serves the terraces to either side. In the compact guestrooms (bottom), exposed concrete is softened by Homasote wall panels and stained MDF cabinetry. Task lighting was created by Commune and Atelier de Troupe in the spirit of 1950s French modernism. 70 contractdesign.com april 2014http://www.contractdesign.com http://www.contractdesign.com